According to preliminary information, the soldier who died in St. Petersburg served in the Air Force and the Air Defense Forces of the Sixth Army.
Its headquarters are located in St. Petersburg. The missions of the Sixth Army include locating and intercepting aircraft, missiles, drones and transmitting data to the air defense units.
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case regarding the colonel's murder.
According to media reports, the attack happened five hundred meters from the place where another serviceman was blown up in August.
The blast wave broke the windows of a passing bus.